Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

64 165 A Chinese jade snuff bottle, late 19th/early 20th century the front and reverse carved with a stylized taotie mask, raised on a rectangular footrim, with green jade stopper, 6cm high R –  166 A Chinese soldalite snuff bottle and stopper, late Qing Dynasty of flattened ovoid form, carved with prunus blossoms, 4,3cm high, a carved amethyst snuff bottle and stopper, with lily pad, bud and stylized leaves, 5,5cm high ; and another hardstone example, carved with stylized lotus leaves, 7cm high (3) R –  167 A Chinese turquoise snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty in the form of a ribbed gourd carved with vines, with leaf-capped stopper, chip to one leaf, 5,3cm high ; and another of lapis lazuli of flattened ovoid form, carved with a maiden beneath a tree, the reverse with a phoenix before a rocky outcrop, raised on a low footrim, 5,9cm high (2) R –  168 A Chinese lapis lazuli snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty carved in the form of a scaly fish with bifurcating tail emerging from stylized waves, carved ball stopper, 6,8cm high R –  165 167 168 166